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GUNV MOUNTING.

No. 513,706.l Patented .13.11.30, 1894.

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J. B. G. A. CANET. GUN MOUNTING.

No. 513,706. Patented Jan. 30, v1.894.- Y

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GUN MOUNTING.

N0. 513,706. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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JEAN BATISTE GUSTAVE ADOLPHE CANET, OF PARIS,FRANCE, ASSIGNOB.' OFONE-HALF TO THE SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH & COMPANY, LIMITED,

OF OPENSHAW, ENGLAND.

GUN-MOUNTBNG.

lSPEGIFIGI-L'ITIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,706, datedJanuary 30, 1894.

Application tiled December 1'7, 1892- Serial No. 455,542. (No model.)Patented in France February 26, 1890, No. 204,021, and

in England March 26, 1890i No. 4,717.

To ZZ'wwm it may concern:

Y Be 1t known that LJEAN BAPTISTE GUsTAvE ADoLPHn CANET, engineer, acitizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of Paris,

5 France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGun-Mountings, (for which I have obtained patents in the followingcountrles, viz: Great Britain, No. 1.1.,2717,A dated March 26, 1890, andFrance, No. 204,021, dated ro February 26, 1890,) of which invention thefollowing is a specication, reference beinghad Y and made fast to thesides thereof orin any other convenient position.

Although my improved mounting is-par' ticularly applicable'for ships.batteries as above stated,it may also be used in easements or 1n anyfortifications on land. In theaccompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 3o 1s aside elevation of a gun mounting conf structed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of thesame.

A is the gun. B is the hydraulic brake cylinder or jacket through whichthe gun can slide, and whichA is trunnioned in bearings formed in acarnage or frame consisting of two `'side cheeks C, C which are wellsecured together by suit- 40 able cross stays and bolts.

C is a strong bolt which connects the cheeks at their forward ends witha pivot piece D that is supported on avertical pivot vE on the bedplateE 'throughl the medium of spheri- 4 5 calor conical rollers. l

D is a clamp or claw secured to the.4 pivot piece D and engaginga collaror shoulder on the bed plate to prevent thepivot piece lifting.

The said mounting' The carriage is supported at its roar end by' 5orollers O3 C? which are mounted in brackets C3 C3 secured to the cheeksO.-

F is a recuperator cylinder.

F is a spring recuperator.

G is a collar through which the gun can slide.

G is a toothed sector, formed on or secured to the collar G on the leftside of the. gun, through which the vertical pointing of the gun iseected. l

G* Figs. 2 and '3 is a plain sector formed on' or secured to the collarGon the right side of the gun.l- G2, G2, are curved slots formed in thesaid sectors and struck from the same center as the trunnions of thegun. 6

Fixed to or formed on each side cheek C is a projection G3 which isadapted to engage' with or work in the corresponding slot G2 andthereby'prevent any lateral movementot` the collar when the gun recoils.y 7o a is the rear sight which is carried bythe collar G.

b is the forward sight which is fixed on the jacket B.

For turning the gun about its trunnions, I provide a hand wheel c whichdrives preferably through differential gearing a toothed pinion d thatgears with the curved toothed sector Gltixed to the collar G. Y

The lateral training is edected either by a lever or bymeans of a handwheel f which is secured on a short shaft g on which is keyed a worm orendless screw h.

t' is a worm wheel gearing with the worm h and keyed on a Verticalshaftj which is supported in bearings Afixed to the. carriage.

On the lower end of the shaftj is keyed a pinion k that 4is in gear witha circular rack Z tixed to the bed plate E. y

The gun is so arranged as to be when run 9o out in equilibrium about theaxis of the pivot piece D, so that it can be trained by means of' alever-:when desired. When lusing a lever for training the gun, thepinion 7c is thrown 'out of gear with-.the rack Z. v 95 What Iclaimi's- 1. The combination of a bed plateE having a vertical pivot, apivot piece D turning on said pivot, a carriage C resting on the bedplate and secured to the piece D by a removable bolt C', and a gun andcradle mounted 1u said carriage, substantially as described, for thepurpose specified.

2. In a gun mouuting,tl1e combination with the gun and its cradle, of acarriage@ consisting of two cheeks, a pivot piece D secured to thecarriage by a removable bolt C', and a vertical fixed pivot about whichthe piece D turns so situated that the gun and mounting areapproximatelybalanced horizontally with respect thereto,substautial1y asdescribed for, the purpose specied.

3. The combination of a gun carriage, a bed plate having a verticalpivot, a piece D rotating on said pivot, and a pin C which connects theforward end of the carriage to said piece D, and which can be removed toallow of the uusbipment of the gun and carriage, au d then utilized tosecure the carriage to the side of a vessel, or battery, easement orparapet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo sub- 25

